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OBJECTIVE 2 BALANCED HOUSING MARKET <br />Indian River County shall have a balanced housing market which is <br />responsive to the housing and economic needs of all income groups <br />and groups with special needs. This shall be achieved by <br />ensuring the availability of sites through the land use and <br />zoning mechanisms, to accommodate a mixture of housing types <br />based on the historic demand over the preceding 5 year period. <br />- NO COMMENT <br />OBJECTIVE 3 IMPROVED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE <br />Indian River County shall reduce the number of dwelling units <br />with housing code violations through increased maintenance <br />programs. By 1995, the number of code violations shall be <br />reduced from 340 to 200. - NO COMMENT <br />OBJECTIVE 4 HOUSING ASSISTANCE <br />The county shall provide direct affordable housing assistance to <br />qualified applicants or assist them in securing assistance from <br />private and non-profit organizations in lieu of public assistance <br />for at least 100 previously unassisted households annually <br />beginning in 1992. <br />Commissioner Scurlock noted that POLICY 4.3 refers to <br />developing and adopting an ordinance which provides a mechanism <br />for the amortization of impact fees for newly constructed housing <br />units which meet criteria of affordability. He would just note <br />that includes the transportation impact fee and any other impact <br />fee that might be adopted from time to time by the Board. If you <br />are just talking about spreading the cost for a period of time <br />you can do that. <br />Director Keating agreed and assured him there will be no <br />waiving of these fees. <br />Chairman Eggert noted that we established the Housing Trust <br />Fund i.n POLICY 4.4, and she read POLICY 4.5 which states that the <br />County shall request that the Florida Legislature adopt legisla- <br />tion which will permit the County to enact a surtax on documen- <br />tary stamps to be dedicated to local housing assistance related <br />needs. <br />Commissioner Scurlock wondered if we got any input from the <br />Board of Realtors on that Policy, and it was noted that we did <br />not and possibly they may not even know it is there. <br />I " �' r <br />Ut E i' <br />101 BOOK <br />